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In early 1998, Ken and his wife Dawn decided to bring high-speed
Internet to what he jokingly refers to as the second to the last
telephone pole in the universe. After more than a year of research
New-ISP was born, a hybrid SDSL and Fixed Wireless, high-speed only Internet delivery service.
Since that time, New-ISP has served as an R & D platform and testbed
for the continued experimentation of different technologies useful (in
varying degrees) for the deployment of alternative high-speed
infrastructure.
The Internet business is a very different thing from most other
business models because of the combination of the ongoing evolution of
technology, changes in regulations and the constant introduction of
new services our customer are just now starting to demand. These
forces change the way we need to look at our business model. In order
to stay competitive it is critical we try to look forward in such a
way as to stay current with where the technology is going to direct us
and have the correct infrastructure in place before the customer
demand outstrips our capacity to meet their requirements.
What kind of effect will VoIP, Videophone and many of these other
services that are now being introduced have on the wireless
infrastructure? Will the day of half duplex radios give way to the
demand for full duplex equipment? What effects will the demand for
symmetrical service place on the current infrastructure? Does this
mean that many of the networks we are building today will be obsolete
shortly after they are complete? If we don't ask these questions we
will never be able to isolate where the real opportunities will
present themselves and where the traps of today's "current wisdom" are
hidden.
He also blogs
about the future of broadband.
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